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When one pass more then one month doing pick up and drive thru,you really should talk to dm or supervisor adding a fact that this approch would make you an inefficient pharmacist.I was treated at CVS same way in the first store I got into but I did speak to my supervisor and he was nice enough to trasfer me over to diierent place and luckily that place was the best to get trained at including good Rph,busy store and good staff.Definitly Rph would expect a lot from you and at taht point I would take that as a challenge and learn it the best.I could do everything in 2 weeks after I got trasferred over.

Hi CVS or Walgreens.. Good question and many answers. For internship the only thing matters is how good Rph at the location you are working at and how much they are helping you to learna nd teach pharmacy related things. Being a pharmacist as someone mentioned Walmart and few other chains would a better choice as I thing good help,same pay and less traffic so less stressful.** I guess Walmart offers better benefits too ** But I think little too difficult to get oppurtunity in walmart atleast in North NJ I know. CVS -- High volume and they expect a lot from pharmacist with less help which really makes day stressful.I heared situations are better at Walgreens so I would personally choose to be a pharmacist at walgreens if I have option between CVS and walgreens.

Hi Batates.. Yeah I did pass naplex ..started working from 21st Nov in nj. GOOD LUCK for test.....Don't really get panic if you did couple of things wrong ..you can still pass it.....as I screwed up many qs and my test was really not good but I still passed.. I guess they are pretty good at grading.. I am sure you will make it..it's just matter of time.

yeah actually I was going to ask that did you present your licence to practice pharmacy in China to NABP??.. I think your state or whatever pharmacy board has to send that licence and a letter for good standing ..I think these 2 things wud prove that you are a genuine pharmacist back in your home country...And if you already presented this docs ..you should do the best you can to get authorization to practice in US states. Good Luck..

I was just asked for drivers license..nothing else.

wow never heard of this before. Which country you got your BS in and when you graduated?? Was your BS 4 year ,5 year of 6 year course??

I found Appleton and Lange useful.

I am not sure but when i took mpje last month ..i took on momday and got results on friday..so i am expecting on friday.. someone told me today that we can call state board and ask or results..

Don't worry ,u'll pass. ur exam was tough so the chances taht u pass r much higher than getting an easy paper.I hope so..i know i did go on many que but also i screwed many a question for you. Did u find the kaptest really useful or appleton is enough. please reply. if you are asking questions repeated ...then not many..but for practice yes they were helpful..and questions are familier and easy but its the choices which is comfusing..you cud eliminate 3 but last 2 kills.. appleton was also helpful GOOD LUCK Thanks

Hi Exam was okey..i will not say easy..I am counting on 50-50 cahnces . To me many questions seem tricky but lot much math which was easy..i didnt not get any pharmacokinetic math not even half life...just the simple math.. you might need to get hold of all small info like which ones should be taken on same time every day also which different dosage forms each drug exist..being in pharmacy you might know well known forms and you can eliminate 3 choices but you get stucked with last two..( I think APHA wouldnt talk abt this).. Try to know which ones comes in oral,IV,sL,buccal,suppositories,nasal I also had few clinical ques in the begining about some kind of pump abt which i had no idea.. Too many K type questions ..I hardly had few simple kinds.. I dint get any que from HIV but yes oncology,vaccination,transplant Lot of CNS alot >cvs>geriatric>adrenal,thyroid>TPN nutrition>infection>diabetes.. know MOM is milk of magnesia..eveyone might know but it was new to me.. some crazy quesiton i have no idea about.. feel free to ask any thing in specific ...

HI You can apply any time ..Now is good time too..Only bad time is summer time when lots of pharmacy students from schools here seek job...during their summer break. H1B - I think CVS can get you H1B ..but i am not sure if you have any work permit for now to get started..as they can file your h1b in April ..and once it gets approved you can start working.. Getting H1b sponcered is difficult in northern part (not impossible) then central then southern (easiest capmay,atlantic city- if u want i can provide you with supervisers phone #'s)..you can also contact Tracey Houdorski and get info to get into CVS pharamcy The best way is to contact stores individually (talking to store manager or calling each pharmacy in the radius you are willing to work).This applies to CVS ..I guess for walgreens you e-mail(international pharmacist) and same for rite aid (forgot name). I can pass on those e-mail address if you needed.. P.S -- where are you located cental,northern or southern part?? DO you have any current work permit (like OPT) I would like to know if anyone that needs an H1 sponsorship started contacting companies. Please use this thread to share your experiences with the job hunt from those seeking the sponsorship but also from those who received the H1 this year. I think this thread could be a good source of information for all of us. I have my FPGEC certificate and I would like to apply for jobs in NJ. I would like to know what the best time is to start applying. Please post your experiences, responses from companies, how we could contact them, advice, etc... here. Thank you very much.

I am not sure about the pay but i think even if it paid $25-30,000 more an year not worth it...

Thanks.. so actually all which lead to anemia...for somereason I kept thinking that there is one drug in perticular which need procrit.. Thanks a lot.. did you start working as a pharmacist???

Hi Pilltablet congratulations on passing naplex... would you mid to share your test expirience with us??? If yes!! we wud like to know which books you followed...which one was very helpful..if you knew anyhting about apha or if that coverd most part in test.. How much brand generic,calculation,oncology, ***, vaccination,transplant and antiinfective on test.. Was that a difficult transaction or smooth (I mean taking test those 4 hours) I long did * take to finsih test?? How long did u study for test?how much you scored?? If you have any good recommendations on how to prepare for test for future testtakers....will be greatly appreciated.. Thanks in advance..

hi Hadi Question for you I am little confused..Oncology..antitumor antibiotics --only bleomycin is G2 and M phase specific right? Antimetabolites --not folic acid but purine and pyrimidines are s phase specific.. I read something about giving procrait (epoitin alpha ) with one of the antitumor drug now i cant find it anywhere....i forgot which one...is it cyclophosphamide or ...almost evoprated

I hope now this thread dont become just the THANK YOU thread Guys move it on with pool of info....

Why did you choose to work with CVS((walgreens,rite aid)? why not others

Hi Thanks I did kaplan 1000 question bank..not the other one.. and also appleton and lange questions (1500) and I solely studied APHA material which is bestest ever

Well I got 89 in pre naplex ..i wud have been more comfy with 95 or so but I have abt 10 days after that so still can cover up little things which I know but get confused. I think once i go thr everyhting one more time and make weak parts better I should be fine takeing naplex next week. Kap test (kaplan and appleton helped a lot to judge my prep and to figure out what I am missing in each topic)Really gave me idea about how to study and what to concentrate on.

HI As far I heared from my friends pre naplex and pre fpgee score reflect well on your real test score...It definitely tells you how much prepared you are to take the test. I took pre naplex 2 days back and few questions were tricky..they all questions on prenaplex test are the ones which appeared on original naplex at one point of time.... I feel it was useful although you spend $50 to practice 50 questions...

WOW you are WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you know what??? I would rather take your tution to go for NAPLEX..then buying all these books... It is sooooooooooooooo helpful..I feel like I can ask you 10 more topics and get myself well prepared on them.. THANKS A LOT.

Hi I did not buy those prontopass ones..I think they cover same (may be less) material then APHA..and I like to make my own charts the way I like and remember.

Hi HIV cahpter is not a big deal ..Its just that we are not familier with thos enames in day to day practice in retail. only 3 class - 1 has 7 drugs - remember all names and brand name and you can follow table all teh time..as info in table like can not be taken with food(DDI),3 of them are d drigs which has specific side effects,which combo is not good in pregnancy,wich two has similar activity and can not be taken togather, which 2 need same ingredient to metaboliz and so can not be taken togahter..Do side effect from table.DSL should be dosed according to weight (D= diadenosine, S-Stavudine L -- cant speell) I start with DSL and then ds not in pregnancy LE(emtriva) same so cant take togather,sz(zivudine) metaboliz by T so cant be taken togahter)..remember combo drugs like combivir(ther r 4) 2 class has only 3 drugs END-SVR(brand name for END) 3 has couple but you can make pairs for doing same thing like can not be taken with food Keep practicing this daily (it doesnt take more then 15 min/day) I revise oncology,hiv,transplant,toxicology daily which helps

Pharmd07 If you go back in same thread and follow Hadi's messages you will get very good idea of what can be on NAPLEX ,how to study,what to stress on?,What can be ignored. He has given good explaination to everything with an example.. Yes Math is biggie and if you did it well you know that the answer is right..(so its like cashiers cheque)